No federal court has held that digitally sampling a copyrighted sound recording of any length constitutes copyright infringement.

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This statement is false. Several federal courts have held that digitally sampling copyrighted sound recordings can constitute copyright infringement, even for short portions of the original recording. One notable case is Bridgeport Music, Inc. v. Dimension Films, where the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals held that using a two-second sample of a sound recording without permission was copyright infringement.

No Federal Court Has Held That Digitally Sampling a Copyrighted